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When using [[Smartfield|SmartFields]] to create PDF documents and other printable data summaries it can be useful to control where page breaks occur and to change the page orientation from landscape to portrait and vice-versa. This enhancement adds one click page break and page orientation controls giving users configuring these pages a better finished look and greater control over the final printable output.
==Feature Illustrated==
[[Image:Image_Smartfield_pdf_options.png|link=|800px]]<br />
''SmartFields PDF Formatting option illustrated (above)<br />
==Create Page Breaks and Page Orientation==
# Navigate to the desired UTA, click on the '''Configuration Settings''' icon.
# Select the Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 which contains the [[Custom Fields]], click on the '''[[Custom Fields]] ''' hyperlink.# Locate the Custom Field that you would wish to add the page break to. Under the '''Display''' section of the Custom Field you will see a option '''SmartField PDF OptionsFormatting'''[[Image:Smartfield_pdf_options.png|link=|800px]]
The '''SmartField PDF Options''' contains the following options:<br />
:* None - This radio option is the default and will not add a Page Break or change the page orientation on the SmartField View<br />:* Page Break Before - this option will add a Page Break before the field<br />
:* Page Break After - this radio option will add a Page Break after immediately after the field<br />
:* Page Break and Set to Landscape Before Field - this option will add a Page Break and Set the page orientation to Landscape before the field<br />:* Page Break and Set to Landscape After and Rotate Field - this radio option will add a Page Break and rotate Set the page orientation (from portrait to landscape or vice versa) Landscape immediately after the field<br />:* Page Break After and Reset Set to Portrait Before Field - this radio option will add a Page Break and reset Set the page orientation back to Portrait before the original portrait field<br />:* Page Break and Set to Portrait After Field - this option will add a Page Break and Set the page orientationto Portrait after the field<br />
==Illustrated Example==
[[image:Smartfield_pdf_options_example.png]]
* Notice For the above example, on the first page the '''Page Break and Set to Landscape After Field''' SmartField PDF Option was used after the 13th field to force a page break and change the orientation of the following page orientation from portrait to landscape after the last field on the first page. The '''Page Break and Set to Portrait After and Reset Field''' option was used on the second page after the third field to force an early page break and revert the document back to the original a portrait orientation.==Notes==The page break and page orientation change will occur after the field selected.
==See Also==
|Click [[Control Page Breaks and Page Orientation With SmartField PDF Options - Why?|here]] to learn why this feature is a benefit to your organization.
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